All_Pro_Bills

I think its time for Washington to send a message and arrest the mayors and city council members that are aiding and encouraging these violent riots and charge them with insurrection - 18 U.S. Code § 2383. Just sitting back night and letting rioters toss projectiles and objects at federal officers isn't going to cut it and where is the law and order in the President's law and order pitch? "Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both;  and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States" Identify and freeze all their financial accounts and assets. Sure some liberal judge is going to try to overrule it but their own public statements and support of events is clear.

Yes, without fear of any consequences of the election the administration will have more latitude in dealing with the leftist riots. My suspicion is their commitment and zeal for anarchy isn't as high as we might believe when they're getting hauled off to jail for a long stretch. Most likely a Federal facility with no WiFi or streaming services that doesn't serve soy lattes.

Perhaps this just indicates the homicidal maniacs are getting much more efficient by going directly to the supplier of funeral services with the bodies which eliminates all the middle steps in the process. One step better might be to kill their victims at the Cemetery next time. Ted was out of line saying that about AOC. Even though she's a drama queen who gets a lot of publicity and mileage about taking a pro-poor and pro-working class stance on almost every issue without really doing anything to help anyone there is a certain level of civility required. And while some of the things she says are illogical and approaching stupidity our government is full of stupid people at all levels and there's no need for name calling. She's certainly going to be re-elected in November. Her overall behavior has been aligned the Democratic strategy since day one of the Trump administration. Accomplish nothing under Trump's watch regardless of the costs and consequences. The current plan for these "protests" is to continue them up until November 3rd. And if Biden wins the fires and rioting will be absent from the streets the next day. If Trump were to pull off another victory then we'll witness multiple lawsuits and court motions at all levels with more rioting and anarchy than before.

Most people get screwed in municipal courts. The judge knows the prosecutor, the prosecutor knows the cops, the cops know both. And your defense attorney is usually familiar with them all. Unless you're looking at a license suspension or big DUI fine you're better off pleading guilty, pay the fine, and save the expense of a lawyer that isn't going to do much of anything for you. It comes down to your word against the cops and guess who the judge is going to believe? If there is video it will be supporting their case. If there is video supporting your case it got accidentally erased. The whole thing is a revenue generating racket for the towns.

There are two sides to this "factor". The first is our system has a built in bias against blacks resulting from the period of slavery that has carried through to this day. The second is that Asian cultural values along with their willingness and desire to assimilate into American culture has lead to success while blacks that don't succeed refuse to adopt the cultural traits required to succeed in the context of American culture. My fundamental problem with all the racial generalizations that are driving all the current narratives is they contradict all concepts of individual freedom. Are we to believe that just because somebody is White or Black or Asian or Hispanic that they by default adopt and hold all the characteristics of the current stereotype of each racial group? The concept of the individual is completely lost on people pushing the diversity and race narrative. Its to the point they can't even comprehend of the concept of the individual. And seek to erase this concept. I know and work with people from all races, background, nationalities, beliefs. They all share common traits, Hard work, drive, family, honesty, integrity, etc. I don't even recognize or think of them by their race. I expect most people feel the same as I do and view the diversity and race baiting narratives with total contempt. If you don't you should, because what's at risk is a loss of individual freedom. That is the basic concept that defines what America is all about. A concept the race baiters and socialist and communist absolutely hate as it completely obliterates their arguments and agenda. If you look at everything they propose from the perspective of eroding individual freedom, and using the force of government to push people into arrangements against their will, you'll see what they''re really all about. I think one work for it might be totalitarianism. Their goal here isn't to improve the lives of oppressed minorities or equality or social justice. The goal is to sow the seeds of conflict in order to gain power, political, social, economic. Unfortunately most political and business leaders lack the guts and fortitude to stand up to it because all they care about is the mob leaving them alone and going after somebody else. What they don't seem to understand is all in good time they'll get to you too.

Unless the government is going to file formal charges or disappear them they have no reason to round up Antifa "protesters" (if by protest we mean starting vehicles on fire, attacking people, and destroying public and private property) They already know everything about them through electronic surveillance and data collection methods used during the initial riots. Geofencing apps, building contact cohorts, using meta data to construct profiles, things like that. All these agencies know who they are, who they communicate with, what their role in the group is, where they bank, what they do, how they get paid, where they spend their time, who their friends and family are, and most importantly a very clear picture of the structure of the organization, its leadership, and its strategy. All because they carry around smart phones. I guess they didn't listen to what Ed Snowden told us all about government surveillance and its gotten a lot more intrusive since he exposed most of it, When the time is right the leadership and funding sources will be exposed and brought in. DHS is not going to devote a lot of resources rounding up street level drones.

The key problem is these idiots never stop to think anything through like every decision has no consequences or downstream impact. So I suggest along with supporting the de-funding of police the union provide its membership with self-defense and martial arts training as there will be nobody to call when teachers get assaulted in city schools.

More SNL this from Norm MacDonald's book "Based on a true story". His top 25 jokes. Number 15, Earlier this week, Marlon Bramdo, met with Jewish leaders to apologize for comments he made on The Larry King Show, among them that "Hollywood is run by Jews". The Jewish leaders accepted the actor's apology and announced that Brando is now free to work again. So newly revealed Jew hater and race baiter Nick came to his senses when he realized he'd never work again if he didn't apologize. Pure and simple self-interest.

I recall an Eddie Murphy skit from SNL on "white privilege". This is from 1984 and I found a clip of it here on youtube. While its comedy it provides a glimpse into the mindset of the black community and their perception of how they are disadvantaged by what they believe is some covert social order working behind the scenes. If you're white I'm sure you'll find all the scenarios very familiar! Especially the bank scene...

This is a big part of it. The belief that individuals belong to "groups" and if the individual holds views that differ from that groups "characteristics" and "beliefs" then there is something fundamentally wrong with that person. This "group" view contradicts every principal of individual freedom. Freedom to think as we choose, freedom to say what we choose, freedom to do what we want to do. The entire concept of "America" is based on the principals of individual freedom. Group-think despises concepts like facts, critical thinking, and individual experiences and the concept of individualism. Despise it so much so at this point in time that people pushing grouping and categorizing everyone cannot every comprehend the concept of the individual. Things like: You can support parts of the administrations agenda and not like Trump. You can support police reforms but not support the entire BLM agenda. You can be socially liberal but fiscally conservative. You can believe we need to evaluate historical monuments but deplore the unilateral destruction of them by the mob. You can listen and behave in a civil manner towards people you don't agree with and still hold a different opinion.

The argument I keep hearing is America is systemically racist. Your response does provides nothing to dispute that the huge majority of whites are not racist and Americans society is not systemically racist.

Its really necessary for people to define was they mean by certain terms. Like "systemic racism". What does that mean? Are they saying the official public policy of America is to discriminate against African-Americans? But there are no laws on the books at the federal, state, or local levels legalizing this behavior. Contrary, there are laws like affirmative action and elements of civil rights legislation that grant privileges to minorities. The idea is to make up for mistreatment in the past. So the legal system is not "systemically racist". Or am I missing something? So then it must imply something about the behavior of private citizens. So what they must mean is white people are "systemically racist" in their interactions and associations with black people. This belief itself seems racist. Suggesting all white people collectively act in the same manner as a group. No doubt there are white people that are biased and hold stereotypes about blacks but to suggest they all act in some organized and coordinated fashion through some overt or covert mechanism is absurd. After all, just recently a majority of whites voted for President Obama and helped elect him President twice. If whites were systemically racist and colluding with each other to discriminate against blacks why would a majority of them vote for a black man instead of the white guy? In the seclusion of the voting booth who would know? So logically the majority of whites are not racist. White people frequent black businesses and attend sporting events where the majority of the players are black. Would racists spend they hard earned money to attend such an event if they were racist? What it comes down to is "systemic racism" is myth used to sell a narrative. And while there are a small percentage of white people that are racist it is no different than the biases held by other races. The other angle if I may be blunt is to continue to blame somebody else for all the problems. In this case liberal politicians that enacted programs to "help" blacks but ended up hurting them in many ways along with these communities blaming white people for their troubles. From a historical perspective after slavery, social conditions settled into a "separate but equal" society where legalized segregation was the order. As wrong as this set up was blacks developed their own support and social systems that were quite efficient and effective. The programs that started in the 1960's destroyed these support systems. And left those that could not or would not assimilate into the "common culture" in poverty and dependent on social support and other "help". And here we are now. When I pose the question to liberals why other minorities that come to America seem to thrive and excel while black communities don't they say because the echos of slavery are embedded in the minds and behaviors of white people. I suggest while their argument might have merit the main reason is because many blacks refuse to adopt or conform to the cultural norms of the dominant culture which is necessary for success. The alt-left and their politicians would rather stick their finger in a 240V socket and chop of their left hand than engage in any heart-to-heart conversations about this.

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Most of what the far left and right believe and push are just one kind of hustle or another. Their arguments are drenched with emotions and anecdotal stories and myths. Push them for details through logic and critical questioning and they come up empty. The sad part is the 98% of us in the middle that got no problem or gripes with anybody and are just trying to beat out a living and take care of things get played back and forth. I was amused by your characterization of "back woods". Maybe that's why I never really liked camping much!

Like family. Reminds me of a joke. What's the difference between in-laws and outlaws? Answer: Outlaws are wanted..

BLM in principal has some legitimate grievances but you called it out when identifying many of the groups key leaders as Marxist or if you prefer communists. They are also racists. Its no secret and its all out there for anyone with the curiosity to find out. Their goal is to erase history, erase culture, and replace it with their view of the world and society. They don't seek equality or justice. They seek revenge. They are not interested in negotiating and they are not interested in your views or expressions of support. While we definitely need a social and cultural coming together the leadership of this organization are not the people that are willing to make that happen. And all the politicians that have jumped on board are not interested in solving any problems they are interested in campaigning on them. Its a real mess and there is no real leadership from any point on the political spectrum for finding resolutions and solutions. Very troubling.

I saw the post and thought today was April 1st. Funny..

To me its more of a read and recognition issue than accuracy. If you're not mentally processing the options available to distribute the ball to the receivers and select an option with the best potential for a positive play then you're going to select a receiver that might not be open or the best choice which makes the throw a lot harder. Short version, make the smart throw.

I'm more interested to know who tests positive for antibodies since a large percentage of the population has been infected and isn't even aware of it because they never felt sick.

The NBA roster size is small compared to an NFL training camp roster of some 90 players. So any plan is more manageable. The NFL plan should include developing a detailed understanding of current treatment and testing options and what treatment and testing options are expected to be available by September. This and developing a customized and personal risk assessment for each player, coach, training staff, and other team personnel. So they can understand each person's specific risks of getting infected and the potential for serious illness since not everyone is going to feel sick and very few will have a high chance of dying.

The problems with the Sabres is they make bad trades, don't draft well past the obvious picks, sign expensive and unproductive free agents, and hire the wrong people. The team has no identity and no vision on what kind of style or image they want to communicate. When you think of Sabres what image comes to mind? For me its draft lottery. The problems facing the fracking industry were well articulated by many several years ago but ignored. More or less living on borrowed money and not generating enough income to service the loans, energy in greater than energy out, and very high depletion rates which required more and more drilling to just keep pace while seeing lower flow and production rates from new wells as fields got played out.

Your insights on the virus are headed in the right direction. The thing most people don't seem to understand is the risk of getting infected is distributed fairly evenly across the population but the risks of getting severely sick or dying are not. The risks of a severe case or dying are generally concentrated in older people and those that have conditions that impact their immune systems ability to fight the virus. This leads to a serious immune system response called 'cytokine storm'. This is why the virus is dangerous. Do we see cases of "healthy" young people getting very sick? Yes we do but its a rare situation and it's possible they have some undiagnosed condition they're not aware of. The key thing going forward is clearly identifying "high risk" individuals and taking actions to protect them or at least minimize their risk of getting infected. And better treatments and testing which are coming soon. A vaccine? I wouldn't count on it anytime soon. There's going to be football this fall. It might require some adjustments but the season will happen.

Its most likely deaths would occur among the coaching staff or other support personnel rather than the players. Fatalities from COVID are skewed towards old patients. My county has report 439 deaths and 97% have been in people over 50. 52% over 80 years of age. And of the 3% under 50 most had other health issues. This is consistent with state-wide data. I haven't analyzed national or international data but my guess is that's consistent too. These young athletes represent one of the most unlikely groups to catch a fatal case of COVID. At most, the majority that test positive might get the same physical impact of a cold or mild flu. Some that test positive may be asymptomatic and not even aware they're infected if not for being tested. Being infected might not even impact their abilities and performance. The issue is the potential to infect others that might be classified as high-risk. Is there a possibility of a fatal case? Yes, but the probability is very low. The fact lost by most people I speak with is the risk of contracting infection is assumed to be evenly (researchers don't know this) distributed across the population but the risk of impact (impact being how sick you might get) from the virus is not evenly distributed across the population. College and professional football players are a very low impact risk group when it comes to severity of illness and deaths. By September we'll see home COVID tests similar to the home pregnancy test. You spit on a stick and wait a couple minutes for the result . Positive or negative. Along with more effective treatments that will dramatically cut the duration of the infection and bring the fatality rate down significantly. A vaccine, that's a long-shot even by this time next year if ever. I say all this as someone that works with health care analytics and data which includes a large amount of information and data on COVID and having done 100's of hours of extensive research on testing, treatment, and vaccine work done by public and private researchers.

I recall Jamal making noise last off-season about wanting out. Maybe this is some annual rant or something. Being down here in "enemy territory" I know a lot of Jets fans. As a group they have a very depressing mental state towards the team. Even more depressing than we Bills fans had at our low points..

Count me among those supporting the players right to protest. I did some investigation on police shooting statistics and this is what I found. Stats on people shot to death by police: 2017 White 457, Black 223, Hispanic 179 2018 White 399, Black 209, Hispanic 148 2019 White 370, Black 235, Hispanic 158 2020 White 172, Black 88, Hispanic 57 We can adjust the number proportionally to population or per capita view but these are the raw numbers. I didn't generate the numbers as they come from a data service called Statista and while I have no reason to suspect the source is unreliable I haven't validated that assumption.